ryandougc / spot-sesh

Like russian roulette but for your top 5 most listened to songs.

Create a session for your friends to join, or join your friends' session. When everyone has joined, start playing the music. The web app will take everyones top 5 most listened to songs, shuffle them, and start playing them on the hosts device.

Installation

For development:

• Setup a Spotify Web App. Instructions can be found here in the Spotify API Docs.

• Open two terminals, navigating into the /vue/ and /server/ directories

• In both directories, run the command npm install

• In both directories, copy the sample.env files and fill in the environment variables. Details Below.

• In both directories, run the apps with the command npm run dev

Environment Variables

server

• NODE_ENV: just keep this as 'development' unless this is getting hosted

• SOCKET_PORT: default value is 3001. This port needs to match VITE_SOCKET_PORT is Vue's .env file

• FRONT_END_URL: This URL is where your Vue app is hosted. You must include the port if it is on the localhost

vue

• NODE_ENV= just keep this as 'development' unless this is getting hosted

• VITE_SOCKET_PORT: This port needs to match SOCKET_PORT in the server's .env file

• VITE_SPOTIFY_CLIENT_ID: This needs to be the 'Client Id' in your Spotify app dashboard settings